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Saturday, June 26, 1948

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The Headlines

JOE LOUIS RALLIES TO STOP WALCOTT IN ELEVENTH ROUND; Trailing on Points, Champion Turns Tide With a Right to Jaw and Keeps Crown 42,667 AT THE STADIUM Jeer Early in Bout Because of Lack of Action -- Bomber Says He Is Retiring Louis, Floored in Third Round, Rallies to Knock Out Walcott in the Eleventh HARD RIGHT TO JAW TURNS TIDE IN BOUT The Champion Successfully Defending His World Heavyweight Title for the Twenty-fifth Time

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

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The must-have

Scrabble

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Bobby Soxer

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Catchphrases of 1948

  • Dewey Defeats Truman

Tech Check

Long-Playing Record (LP), Velcro & Holography Theory.

Cost of Living (1940)

Loaf of Bread

$0.08

Gallon of Gas

$0.18

Average Home

$2,938

New Car

$850

Meanwhile

  • Post-WWII ExpansionThe 'Golden Age' of capitalism begins.

Time Elapsed

28,468 days ago

(77 years, 363 days)